Robinson manifolds and Cauchy-Riemann spaces

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Trautman, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 0036281968     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/2/201     Document Type: Review

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